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MacBook Pro 15-inch (2018)

Discontinued 21 May 2019

Released

12 Jul 2018

Announced

12 Jul 2018

Launch price from

$2,399

Discontinued

21 May 2019

Lifespan

10 months

Category
MacBook Pro
Status
Discontinued
Apple support status
Obsolete (Apple no longer services it)
Release type
Refresh of an existing model
Previous model
MacBook Pro 15-inch (2017)
Replaced by
MacBook Pro 15-inch (2019)
Official Apple page
No longer available on Apple’s website
Tech specs
Apple specs ↗
Press release
Apple Newsroom ↗
More information
MacBook Pro (Intel-based) on Wikipedia ↗

Notes

Apple sold the MacBook Pro 15-inch (2018) from $2,399, with a 15.4-inch screen, 16GB of memory as standard and six processor cores. Memory could be taken to 32GB, which Apple presented as new for the line, and storage ran as far as 4TB.

The Apple T2 chip was introduced on the MacBook Pro 15-inch (2018), a second processor Apple had first used in the iMac Pro. It handled secure start-up and encrypted the drive as data was written to it, and it brought “Hey Siri” to the Mac for the first time by listening for the phrase on its own.

True Tone was introduced here too, on the main screen and on the Touch Bar. It shifts the colour of a display to suit the light in the room, so white keeps looking white under a warm lamp as well as under daylight.

The butterfly keyboard was changed for the third time, which Apple presented as a change for quieter typing. Within a year Apple had added this model to its free keyboard repair programme, which covered keys that repeated themselves or failed to register at all.

Twelve days after it went on sale, Apple released a software fix for it. Reviewers had found that the fastest configuration ran slower under sustained load than the cheaper one, and Apple put this down to a missing digital key in the firmware that had left the thermal management working incorrectly. The update went out on 24 July 2018.

The screen stayed at 15.4 inches and 2880 by 1800 with 500 nits of brightness. Four Thunderbolt 3 ports handled charging, displays and everything else. The battery held 83.6 watt-hours, rated at up to 10 hours of web browsing or video playback, and the machine came in silver and space gray at just over four pounds.

Apple replaced it on 21 May 2019, when a new 15-inch model arrived with an eight-core option, so this one was on sale for a little over ten months.

It was announced on 12 July 2018, by press release rather than at an event. It went on sale the same day through apple.com, while Apple Stores and resellers received it later that week, priced from $2,399.

Check out the MacBook Pro 15-inch (2019) that replaced it.

MacBook Pro release history

  1. 2026

  2. 11 Mar 2026

    MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max ReleasedCurrent

  3. 3 Mar 2026

    MacBook Pro (M4) Discontinued

  4. ↑ 4 months later
  5. 2025

  6. 22 Oct 2025

    Macbook Pro M5 ReleasedCurrent

  7. ↑ about 1 year later
  8. 2024

  9. 8 Nov 2024

    MacBook Pro (M4) Released

  10. 30 Oct 2024

    MacBook Pro (M3) Discontinued

  11. ↑ about 1 year later
  12. 2023

  13. 7 Nov 2023

    MacBook Pro (M3) Released

  14. 30 Oct 2023

    MacBook Pro (M2 Pro / M2 Max) Discontinued

  15. ↑ 9 months later

  16. 24 Jan 2023

    MacBook Pro (M2 Pro / M2 Max) Released

  17. 17 Jan 2023

    MacBook Pro (M1 Pro / M1 Max) Discontinued

  18. ↑ 1 year, 3 months later
  19. 2021

  20. 26 Oct 2021

    MacBook Pro (M1 Pro / M1 Max) Released

  21. 18 Oct 2021

    MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019) Discontinued

  22. ↑ about 2 years later
  23. 2019

  24. 13 Nov 2019

    MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019) Released

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2019) Discontinued

  25. ↑ 6 months later

  26. 21 May 2019

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2019) Released

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2018) Discontinued

  27. ↑ 10 months later
  28. 2018

  29. 12 Jul 2018

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2018) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Discontinued

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2017) Discontinued

  30. ↑ about 1 year later
  31. 2017

  32. 5 Jun 2017

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2017) Released

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2016) Discontinued

  33. ↑ 7 months later
  34. 2016

  35. 14 Nov 2016

    MacBook Pro 15-inch (2016) Released

  36. ↑ 1 year, 6 months later
  37. 2015

  38. 19 May 2015

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) Discontinued

  39. ↑ 10 months later
  40. 2014

  41. 29 Jul 2014

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) Discontinued

  42. ↑ 9 months later
  43. 2013

  44. 22 Oct 2013

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) Discontinued

  45. ↑ 8 months later

  46. 13 Feb 2013

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) Released

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) Discontinued

  47. ↑ 8 months later
  48. 2012

  49. 11 Jun 2012

    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) Released

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